Hari Ram Kishori Lal
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Minorities Affairs
In office
19 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Social Welfare
In office
19 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
Provincial Minister of Sindh for Prisons
In office
19 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
In office
13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
ConstituencyPS-47 (Mirpur Khas-I)
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
March 2012 – March 2018
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan People's Party

Hari Ram (Urdu: ہری رام) is a Pakistani Hindu politician from Sindh. A five-time legilslator to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Ram was the first non-Muslim to win a non-reserved constituency in (West) Pakistan; he served in the Senate from 2012 to 2018.

Early life

Ram was born on 29 May 1952 in Mirpurkhas.[1] A landlord, he did not study beyond high school.[1]

Political career

Ram won four consecutive elections to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1997 as one of the five representatives of the local Hindu community; he did not have any political affiliation.[2] In 2012, he was elected to the Senate of Pakistan from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on the sole seat reserved for minorities from Sindh.[3][lower-alpha 1]

In 2018, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly from Mirpur Khas-I, becoming the first non-Muslim to win a non-reserved constituency in any provincial assembly of (West) Pakistan.[5][6] He was inducted into Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah's cabinet, and made the Minister for Minorities Affairs with the additional portfolios of Social Welfare, and Prison.[7]

Personal life

Ram has a son.[8] On 21 May 2021, he suffered a cardiac arrest while attending a ministerial meeting.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Ram secured 157 votes against a paltry 4, secured by Photo Mal alias Dileep of Pakistan Muslim League (Q).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". www.pas.gov.pk. Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Detailed Results of Elections to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Undated. Election Commission of Pakistan
  3. ↑ "PPP dominates Senate elections". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Senate elections: Despite drama, upset, PPP comes out on top - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Pakistan election: Muslim-majority areas elect 3 Hindu candidates in Sindh". Business Standard India. 29 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah picks his 10-member cabinet". DAWN.COM. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  8. ↑ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2020-06-08). "Minister's son, guard and driver injured in accident". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  9. ↑ "Sindh Food Minister Kishori Lal suffers heart attack". Daily Times. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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